clinical and epidemiological aspects of multiple sclerosis in children

Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Multiple Sclerosis in Children

OBJECTIVE Overall, 2%-5% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) experienced the first episode of disease before the age 18 years old. Since the age of onset among children is not similar to that in general population, clinicians often fail to early diagnose the disease. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical patterns of MS among Iranian children. MATERIALS & METHODS ...

Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Early and Adult Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Hamedan, Iran, 2004–2005

Mazaheri Sh1, Fazlian MM2, Hossein Zadeh A3 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Faculty of medicine, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences 2. General practitioner, Specialty and Subspecialty Hospital of Besat, Hamedan University of Medical Sciences 3. General practitioner, Hamedan Health Center Abstract Background: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the most common causes of chr...

Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Kala-azar in Hospitalized Children of Kerman Province, during 1991-2006

Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a complex parasitic disease with various epidemiological and clinical features. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can be extremely fatal in untreated cases. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the disease in children with VL in Kerman province during 1991-2006. Method: In a descriptive-analytical survey, medical file...

Multiple sclerosis: clinical aspects

Multiple sclerosis affects every part of the neuraxis and has replaced syphilis as the great mimicker in neurology. In this article, the author describes the entire spectrum of multiple sclerosis signs and symptoms, focal and diffuse brain lesions, look-alike diseases, the overactive immune response, the complex pathology of demyelination, death and dysfunction of oligodendroglia and neurons, M...

Neuroborreliosis in children: Epidemiological and clinical aspects

[Clinical and epidemiological aspects of multiple sclerosis in Japan (author's transl)].

A review of the studies of Japanese MS is presented. The epidemiological studies showed a prevalence rate of 1-4 per 100,000 population with higher rates in the northern regions. The lower rates compared with the western countries of similar latitudes might show the racial suppressive factor. The clinical and pathological studies supported the existence of the Oriental or Asian features of MS i...